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1 http://news-network.rice.edu/?v=5.1.1A shady spot may protect species against rapid climate warminghttps://news.rice.edu/2019/06/14/a-shady-spot-may-protect-species-against-rapid-climate-warming%e2%80%a8-2/
Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:28:24 +0000https://news.rice.edu/?p=124186A shady refuge on a hot day could be more than a simple comfort in a warming world. Finding a cooler spot might save several species that would otherwise go extinct due to global warming, according to an analysis by ecologists at a dozen institutions.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2019/06/0617_RESCUE-SRagama-b.jpgsouthern rock agama lizardOld ice and snow yields tracer of preindustrial ozonehttps://news.rice.edu/2019/06/12/old-ice-and-snow-yields-tracer-of-preindustrial-ozone-2/
Wed, 12 Jun 2019 17:01:23 +0000https://news.rice.edu/?p=124122Using rare oxygen molecules trapped in old ice and snow, U.S. and French scientists have answered a long-standing question: How much have "bad" ozone levels increased since the start of the Industrial Revolution?

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2019/06/0613_OZONE-b.jpgPiece of an ice core from AntarcticaRice ecologists study climate impacts in New Mexicohttps://news.rice.edu/2018/08/06/rice-ecologists-study-climate-impacts-in-new-mexico/
Mon, 06 Aug 2018 18:04:56 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=114023Rice University ecologist Tom Miller and his students will take part in a new $6.4 million research project aimed at better understanding the long-term impacts of climate change on dryland ecosystems.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2018/08/0806_SEVILLETA-b-1gk7d0n.jpgSevilleta National Wildlife Refuge as seen from Los Pinos MountainsRice, UH team preps for massive Antarctic glacier studyhttps://news.rice.edu/2018/04/30/rice-uh-team-preps-for-massive-antarctic-glacier-study-2/
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 10:00:37 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=111062A team from Rice University, the University of Houston, the University of Alabama and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory will participate in an ambitious $25 million study aimed at determining how quickly Antarctica's massive Thwaites Glacier could collapse.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2018/04/0430_THOR-b-2ea84dh.jpgThwaites GlacierRice, UH team preps for massive Antarctic glacier studyhttps://news.rice.edu/2018/04/30/rice-uh-team-preps-for-massive-antarctic-glacier-study/
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 10:00:32 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=111061A team from Rice University, the University of Houston, the University of Alabama and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory will participate in an ambitious $25 million study aimed at determining how quickly Antarctica's massive Thwaites Glacier could collapse.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2018/04/0430_THOR-b-2ea84dh.jpgThwaites GlacierClimate change made Harvey rainfall 15 percent more intensehttps://news.rice.edu/2017/12/13/climate-change-made-harvey-rainfall-15-percent-more-intense-2/
Wed, 13 Dec 2017 21:54:15 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=106389Scientists from World Weather Attribution and Rice University have found that human-caused climate change made the record rainfall that fell over Houston during Hurricane Harvey roughly three times more likely and 15 percent more intense.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2017/12/1213_HARVEY-b-1hi8s93.jpgHurricane HarveyClimate change made Harvey rainfall 15 percent more intensehttps://news.rice.edu/2017/12/13/climate-change-made-harvey-rainfall-15-percent-more-intense/
Wed, 13 Dec 2017 21:54:13 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=106388Scientists from World Weather Attribution and Rice University have found that human-caused climate change made the record rainfall that fell over Houston during Hurricane Harvey roughly three times more likely and 15 percent more intense.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2017/12/1213_HARVEY-b-1hi8s93.jpgHurricane HarveyFossil coral reefs show sea level rose in bursts during last warminghttps://news.rice.edu/2017/10/19/fossil-coral-reefs-show-sea-level-rose-in-bursts-during-last-warming-2/
Thu, 19 Oct 2017 09:00:25 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=104548Scientists from Rice University and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's Harte Research Institute have discovered that Earth's sea level did not rise steadily when the planet's glaciers last melted during a period of global warming; rather, sea level rose sharply in punctuated bursts.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2017/10/0918_SEALEVEL-b4-20jtlst.jpgThe Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel FalkorFossil coral reefs show sea level rose in bursts during last warminghttps://news.rice.edu/2017/10/19/fossil-coral-reefs-show-sea-level-rose-in-bursts-during-last-warming/
Thu, 19 Oct 2017 09:00:24 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=104547Scientists from Rice University and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's Harte Research Institute have discovered that Earth's sea level did not rise steadily when the planet's glaciers last melted during a period of global warming; rather, sea level rose sharply in punctuated bursts.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2017/09/0918_SEALEVEL-b2-z4mbsd.jpghigh-resolution 3-D map of fossil reef off South Texas coastHidden river once flowed beneath Antarctic icehttps://news.rice.edu/2017/08/21/hidden-river-once-flowed-beneath-antarctic-ice/
Mon, 21 Aug 2017 18:15:13 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=103146Using the most precise seafloor maps ever created of Antarctica's Ross Sea, Rice University researchers have discovered a long-dead river system that once flowed beneath Antarctica's ice and influenced how ice streams melted after Earth's last ice age. The research appears online this week in Nature Geoscience.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2017/08/0821_ANTARCTIC-b2-1fx0gx1.jpgLindsay Prothro, Lauren Simkins and John AndersonColossal Antarctic ice-shelf collapse followed last ice agehttps://news.rice.edu/2016/02/18/colossal-antarctic-ice-shelf-collapse-followed-last-ice-age-2/
https://news.rice.edu/2016/02/18/colossal-antarctic-ice-shelf-collapse-followed-last-ice-age-2/#respondThu, 18 Feb 2016 12:00:24 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=86628A new PNAS study is providing clues about how Antarctica's nation-sized Ross Ice Shelf might respond to a warming climate. U.S. and Japanese oceanographers showed that a 100,000-square-mile section of the ice shelf broke apart within 1,500 years during a warming period after the last ice age.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/2016/02/18/colossal-antarctic-ice-shelf-collapse-followed-last-ice-age-2/feed/0https://news.rice.edu/files/2016/02/0217_ROSS-ice-b-1hw6izo.jpgRoss Sea 2015Colossal Antarctic ice-shelf collapse followed last ice agehttps://news.rice.edu/2016/02/18/colossal-antarctic-ice-shelf-collapse-followed-last-ice-age/
Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:00:16 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=86627A new PNAS study is providing clues about how Antarctica's nation-sized Ross Ice Shelf might respond to a warming climate. U.S. and Japanese oceanographers showed that a 100,000-square-mile section of the ice shelf broke apart within 1,500 years during a warming period after the last ice age.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/2015/12/04/critics-on-both-sides-are-wrong-about-epas-ozone-standard/feed/0https://news.rice.edu/files/2015/12/Dallas-Web-B-art.jpgPutting climate change and endangered species in focushttps://news.rice.edu/2015/05/18/putting-climate-change-and-endangered-species-in-focus/
Mon, 18 May 2015 16:33:56 +0000http://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=76254A new kind of lawn sign has cropped up around Houston over the past month, displaying eye-catching artist-rendered depictions of horses, wild dogs, sea turtles and corals. The goal of the sign-maker is not to promote a political candidate, but to raise awareness of climate change and its impact on the world's species. Dubbed "Fossilized in Houston," this guerilla public art campaign is the brainchild of Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, a postdoctoral fellow in Rice University's Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human Sciences.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2015/05/0518_FOSSIL-b.jpgRice’s Krishna Palem wins Guggenheim Fellowshiphttps://news.rice.edu/2015/04/14/rices-krishna-palem-wins-guggenheim-fellowship-2/
Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:00:53 +0000http://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=74201Rice University computer scientist Krishna Palem has won a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship to work with colleagues in the United Kingdom to enable ultra-energy-efficient supercomputing that can help make the resolution of global climate simulations 10 times finer.

]]>Rice’s Krishna Palem wins Guggenheim Fellowshiphttps://news.rice.edu/2015/04/13/rices-krishna-palem-wins-guggenheim-fellowship/
https://news.rice.edu/2015/04/13/rices-krishna-palem-wins-guggenheim-fellowship/#respondMon, 13 Apr 2015 15:11:08 +0000http://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=74200Rice University computer scientist Krishna Palem has won a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship to work with colleagues in the United Kingdom to enable ultra-energy-efficient supercomputing that can help make the resolution of global climate simulations 10 times finer.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/2015/04/13/rices-krishna-palem-wins-guggenheim-fellowship/feed/0https://news.rice.edu/files/2015/04/0406_GUGGENHEIM-Palem-b1.jpgStudy: Black carbon is ancient by the time it reaches seafloorhttps://news.rice.edu/2014/04/08/study-black-carbon-is-ancient-by-the-time-it-reaches-seafloor-2/
Tue, 08 Apr 2014 14:12:03 +0000http://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=58492A fraction of the carbon that finds its way into Earth's oceans -- the black soot and charcoal residue of fires -- stays there for thousands for years. A first-of-its-kind analysis shows how some black carbon breaks away and hitches a ride to the ocean floor on passing particles.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2014/04/0407_BC-waterbubble-b.jpgStudy: Black carbon is ancient by the time it reaches seafloorhttps://news.rice.edu/2014/04/07/study-black-carbon-is-ancient-by-the-time-it-reaches-seafloor/
https://news.rice.edu/2014/04/07/study-black-carbon-is-ancient-by-the-time-it-reaches-seafloor/#respondMon, 07 Apr 2014 15:50:54 +0000http://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=58491A fraction of the carbon that finds its way into Earth's oceans -- the black soot and charcoal residue of fires -- stays there for thousands for years. A first-of-its-kind analysis shows how some black carbon breaks away and hitches a ride to the ocean floor on passing particles.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/2014/04/07/study-black-carbon-is-ancient-by-the-time-it-reaches-seafloor/feed/0https://news.rice.edu/files/2014/04/0407_BC-waterbubble-b.jpgCooking better biochar: Study improves recipe for soil additivehttps://news.rice.edu/2012/03/22/cooking-better-biochar-study-improves-recipe-for-soil-additive-2/
https://news.rice.edu/2012/03/22/cooking-better-biochar-study-improves-recipe-for-soil-additive-2/#respondThu, 22 Mar 2012 15:36:28 +0000http://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=24500A new study by Rice University scientists finds that backyard gardeners who make their own charcoal soil additives, or biochar, should take care to heat their charcoal to at least 450 degrees Celsius to ensure that water and nutrients get to their plants.